RennederM to BecomeMe · 1 year agoHuge 'sunspot archipelago' 15 times wider than Earth is spotted on the Sun - and scientists warn it could bombard our planet with solar flares capable of causing devastating blackoutswww.dailymail.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down14
arrow-up125arrow-down1external-linkHuge 'sunspot archipelago' 15 times wider than Earth is spotted on the Sun - and scientists warn it could bombard our planet with solar flares capable of causing devastating blackoutswww.dailymail.co.ukRennederM to BecomeMe · 1 year agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareDrbreenlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoHow many times we gonna hear earth getting bombarded with flares causing catastrophe and yet nothing?
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWell no, we’ve had bad incidents. If you remember around 2000ish there was a pager and cellphone blackout because of flare activity. https://www.google.com/amp/s/tech.hindustantimes.com/amp/tech/news/the-solar-storm-that-shook-the-solar-system-know-all-about-the-shocking-bastille-day-event-71689407473952.html
minus-squareDrbreenlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoNo I don’t remember that one but thanks for the link!
How many times we gonna hear earth getting bombarded with flares causing catastrophe and yet nothing?
Well no, we’ve had bad incidents. If you remember around 2000ish there was a pager and cellphone blackout because of flare activity.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/tech.hindustantimes.com/amp/tech/news/the-solar-storm-that-shook-the-solar-system-know-all-about-the-shocking-bastille-day-event-71689407473952.html
No I don’t remember that one but thanks for the link!